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| author | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-09-04 22:35:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-09-04 22:35:46 -0700 |
| commit | 55ea6c63bed596b086bdb3d06e64af5f97dbb55a (patch) | |
| tree | 94d2c4d21ccc6db41cf39ad9ef1ea0f6a6610524 /website/trust-models.mdwn | |
| parent | d4e17a8a5c4cd004997ce4f951a3f20d6e70da2f (diff) | |
| parent | 5a18c464ad8a4547d7c80aa7a508f55353e004f6 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/website/trust-models.mdwn b/website/trust-models.mdwn index 8fee5cb..789e3a3 100644 --- a/website/trust-models.mdwn +++ b/website/trust-models.mdwn @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Monkeysphere relies on GPG's definition of the OpenPGP web of trust, so it's important to understand how GPG calculates User ID validity for a key. -The basic question asked is: For a given User ID on a specific key, -given some set of valid certifications (signatures), and some explicit -statements about whose certifications you think are trustworthy -(ownertrust), should we consider this User ID to be legitimately -attached to this key (a "valid" User ID)? +The basic question that a trust model tries to answer is: For a given +User ID on a specific key, given some set of valid certifications +(signatures), and some explicit statements about whose certifications +you think are trustworthy (ownertrust), should we consider this User +ID to be legitimately attached to this key (a "valid" User ID)? It's worth noting that there are two integral parts in this calculation: |